Key Events

Sentence

Alasadi was fined £346 and ordered to pay £729 costs and a £34 victim surcharge.

10:54Mike Blackburn

'Wasn't coping'

Alasadi opened Colours Sandwich shop in 2000 and initially the business did well, said Miss Carney.

“He employed sufficient staff for cleaning duties, but unfortunately around 2009 the business started to go under,” she said.

“It was necessary to lay off staff and cut hours. He found himself carrying out most of the cleaning duties. He wasn’t coping at all.”

10:54Mike Blackburn

'Deeply remorseful'

Lisa Carney, defending, said her client was “deeply remorseful” for what happened and said he closed the business in August 2014.

She told the court he would not be operating another business and now worked as a kitchen assistant.

10:51KEY EVENT

Guilty pleas

Alasadi, 55, of Deacon Street, North Ormesby, Middlesbrough, pleaded guilty to all five food hygiene charges.

10:51Mike Blackburn

Hygiene rating

The court heard that Alasadi’s sandwich shop had a poor food hygiene record and he was “reluctant to take advice”.

Michelle Stowe, prosecuting for Stockton Council, said in 2010 the sandwich shop had no food hygiene stars.

This rose to three stars in 2012, but was back down to one star by the time of the inspection.

10:50Mike Blackburn

'No means of drying hands'

Alasadi’s food safety management system had not been updated since 2008. Teesside Magistrates’ Court heard that the sandwich shop had washbasins “but no means of drying hands”. There was a risk of cross-contamination with “raw and ready to eat foods stored together”.

10:49Mike Blackburn

Raw meat

Raw meat was also washed in a basin meant to be used for cleaning equipment.

10:48Mike Blackburn

What inspectors saw

Inspectors from Stockton Council witnessed one member of staff handle a raw egg shell and then handle a bread bun.

10:48Mike Blackburn

'Full of dead insects'

There was also mould growth on some equipment. A flykiller was fitted but was “full of dead insects”.

10:47KEY EVENT

'Filthy and slimy'

Staff were not trained in food hygiene practices and some equipment was in a “filthy, slimy condition” magistrates are told.

10:44Mike Blackburn

'Wholly unacceptable'

Abdul Alasadi is accused of failing to keep his food premises clean. Food storage areas were greasy and in a “wholly unacceptable condition”, the court hears.